Okiedoke Photo time!
Sorry I am a really bad photographer, I tried to buy things to help but i'm still really bad... I wonder if there is night classes or something I can do to improve...
Anyway. Here are some photo's of the ghetto'd EVGA GTX 750Ti FTW
Mods here are obviously making the XSPC waterblock fit, and cutting down the dual PCI slot to a single and painting it white.
Next on the list is the CPU Waterblock/pump combo, as I've mentioned a couple of times the Shuttle doesnt have standard mounting holes, rectangular pattern not square so even though there was some adjustment in the waterblock mount there want enough. I had to make up 2x small plates. Fortunately CoolerMaster made it really easy for me to remove the old ones and install the new ones. References from my old photos compared to these should show the difference but i'll try and photograph the original mounts and add them in here later. You can also see the southbridge now also painted white
Its not a big pump, but it looks huge compared to the size of this motherboard.
And now finally the chassis, painted in a textured black, new radiator mount pop riveted to the top. Goodies installed. It will all have to come out again as the radiator actually needs to be installed first otherwise I wont get it in but that's ok.
Note the new SSD mount, really easy I just drilled 2 holes and it screwed into the 2 top mount of the SSD, it will just clear the back of the PSU.
Much better in black
From here it actually looks quite spacious
Looking in the front down to the back
New SSD home
Back view, not the 2x white PCI brackets. I had to cut the exhaust section of the dual slot off becuase normally it would be located infront of the ports, thus sticking out of this case. So i cut it in half and put it behind where it can act as an exhaust vent.
Now I need to rewire my fans for the PSU from 3 pin to 2 pin and then finish the sleeving. I've already loomed in the IR power switch but I need to still make the PCI-E 6pin.
Once that is done and the PSU is ready to be fitted I have some work to do cutting out the front panel and replacing that with an acrylic panel, also wiring in the white ring vandal switch.
NextI will need to drill out the top cover as a fan grill for the radiator fans to be able to draw air in, same technique I used on the R4 front door. Its not going to be fun but at least I own a drill press now...
Lastly but not least im getting some vinyl graphics made up, things are a bit plain at the moment and this should give a bit more dimension to the build.
Getting there slowly...
